Tuberculous meningitis in adults: a four-year review during 1997-2000.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2003 Dec; 34(4): 869-71
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-32902
ABSTRACT
We reviewed the charts of all HIV-negative patients 15 years of age or older in whom tuberculous meningitis was diagnosed and treated without corticosteroids at Srinagarind Hospital, Khon Kaen, Thailand during the period of 1997-2000. Forty-five patients were included in this study. The clinical manifestations were subacute to chronic meningitis and they presented in stages 1 and 2, except one case which was in stage 3. All patients were treated with a 6-month course of chemotherapy with good clinical outcomes. The mortality rate was 2.2% and the percent of residual neurological deficits after treatment was 6.7%. The review showed the good clinical outcomes can be had without adjunctive corticosteroid.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Thailand
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Tuberculosis, Meningeal
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Aged, 80 and over
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Retrospective Studies
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Adolescent
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Treatment Outcome
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Aged80
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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